Norma Jones informed the gang. “They’re already stored in the basement of Reggie’s house.” “That’s it!” Joe murmured. “The secret room in the basement. I knew there was something fishy when he didn’t want me to go in there!” “I phoned Reggie,” Norma went on, “to hold the arms until further notice.” Frank elbowed Joe and whispered, “The message on the piece of paper I saw in the bedroom!” “Excellent,” Linos congratulated Norma. “You’ve done a great job finding money and buying weapons for us.” “It took some doing,” Norma admitted. “How’d you manage?” one of the men asked. Linos smiled. “Tell Carlo about it. He just got here yesterday and wasn’t in on the details.” “I sold the stolen artifacts from the Egyptian Museum to a private collector,” Norma explained. “Then I bought the arms on the international market and had them shipped to Milbin, where the government is friendly to us. From there it was a short run into Rubassa. We did it at night with small boats and slipped past the coast guard every time.”
